Tony Bertauski
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For fans of Bladerunner and Brave New World comes a new twist…Perfection has arrived.Synthetic stem cells mean no more organ failure, no more pharmaceuticals. No cancer. The human race is stronger, smarter and prettier. Is it better?Cali Richards is a nanobiometric engineer who has been her younger brother's guardian since their parents died. She's lost too many people in her life to lose another. When the government declares the Halfskin Laws will...
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Snowmen are real...Life hasn't been kind to Oliver Toye.As if juvenile diabetes isn't enough, he's forced to live with his tyrannical grandmother in a snow-bound house. He spends his days doing chores and the nights listening to the forest rumble.But when he discovers the first leather-bound journal, the family secrets begin to surface. The mystery of his great-grandfather's voyage to the North Pole is revealed. That's when the snowman appears.Magical...
3) The Making
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The Soldier wakes on the battlefield.
He's a pawn in a larger conflict with no memory of where he was before coming online. His exoskeletal armor forces him into combat. Only when he engages free will does he break out of auto mode. And things get weird.
Hunted by the cleaners, he transports to other worlds. It's not till he's captured does he understand what he really is. And how to truly escape.
This is an introduction to the The Socket Greeny...
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La trilogía completa de Socket Greeny (Descubrimiento, Entrenamiento y Leyenda) sigue la historia de un adolescente de pelo blanco que descubre que forma parte de una raza humana más evolucionada, su entrenamiento para comprenderse a sí mismo, y la legendaria conclusión de su auténtica naturaleza. DESCUBRIMIENTO. Desde que murió el padre de Socket Greeny, para su madre el trabajo siempre ha sido lo primero. Y cuando esta le cuenta los entresijos...
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Drayton once believed he was a vampire. He doesn't know what he is. Or why he has lived for thousands of years. He takes not his victim's blood but the silky essence of their soul during their last breath. Often mistaken for the Angel of Death, his victims sometimes ask for forgiveness. Sometimes he delivers. After all, he is not without sin.
Drayton finds Andrew Drummond dying on the roadside. He absorbs the last of his life, but not before Andrew...
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A year has passed since the Paladin Nation was exposed to the public. Their mission is still to protect humanity from whatever may threaten them. Previously, it was the human duplications, but now that they've been extinguished their biggest challenge is dealing with the complications of public image. Socket Greeny, now 17 years old, has been a Paladin cadet for the past year and is nearing the final test. But that's the least of his problems. He's...
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The 7th novel in the Claus Universe. The stories you never heard...Great aunt Annie was a storyteller.It was mostly Christmas stories she told. No one had ever heard her tales about giant reindeer, living snowmen, and Santa Claus. There were no movies about them. No books. When she passed, everyone thought they'd never hear such stories again.But she saved the best for last.When Tin's family inherits an enormous rural estate, they discover the hidden...
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Drayton can't leave the Lowcountry.He once believed he was a vampire when he terrorized villages and slaughtered for blood. Now he absorbs essence from the dying's final breath and rarely stays in one place. He has been in the Lowcountry far too long.Everything is about to change.After witnessing an elderly man's death, Drayton vows to protect his wife. He assumes the job of her gardener in Charleston's historic district. But when a young woman named...
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The holiday legends you never heard growing up.This is Ryder's last stop.It's a half million acre ranch and home to forty teenagers. It's also home to a famous and eccentric philanthropist with a peculiar obsession with the North Pole. His name is Billy "Big Game" Sinterklaas. But shortly after Ryder arrives, secret messages begin leading him to what's really happening. Billy Big Game believes that Santa Claus is real.This is the year he proves it.He...
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The 9th standalone novel in the Claus Universe.One Christmas morning, a mystery gift appeared under trees around the world. It was the exact same gift, inscribed with the maker's initials in tiny letters: BT and Company. It was months before anyone knew exactly what the gift did.Avery Tannenbaum's brother was one of the lucky few to receive one. It was on her birthday when the mysterious gifts came to life. A contest was announced. It was also on...
11) Awake
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Why can't she Wrigley Dominykovas remember?
She graduated college, had a career. Now she's on a farm. She doesn't remember how she got there or why she's living with her mother. A doctor makes an unusual housecall to take a blood sample. She'll remember what happened, he says, when she's ready. She just can't leave the property until she does.
What happened?
When she convinces a delivery boy to give her a ride to town, she discovers why her memories...
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The Maze is legal.Freddy Bills is retired. Back in the day, he was fishing people out unreality tanks and pulling needles out of their heads. That was when it was against the law. Now everyone is doing it, including him. In fact, he dreamstitches unrealities for droppers to ride. He's one of the best. His plans were to fade into retirement, just him and his dog.That was before someone from his past appeared.A string of clues leads him to dig up a...
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Worst Christmas ever.Christmas was about traditions. Currently, Zay and her mom had about five traditions, things like gingerbread cookies and tree decorating. Not going to work.Zay has to stay home. On Christmas. Alone.Mom said her boss felt real bad about the whole thing so he was sending a nanny. It just keeps getting worse. She's fourteen years old. She doesn't need a nanny. But then the nanny shows up. She's not really a she. Or a he.More of...
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Tyler Ballard was in prison when his son created a dreamworld called Foreverland, a place so boundless and spellbinding that no one ever wanted to leave. Or did. Now his son is dead, his wife is comatose and Tyler is still imprisoned. But he planned it that way. The final piece of his vision falls into place when Alessandra Diosa investigates the crimes of Foreverland. Tyler will use her to create a new dimension of reality beyond anything his son...
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I write fiction. I make up stories.
This is not one of them.
This story is true. Some minor details have been altered and names changed, but the story itself is true. At some point, you won't believe it. Hell, I don't believe some of it and I was there. It's a story about crises. It's about resolution, about life prevailing. It's about adoption.
This is not a step-by-step guide on how to turn lemons into lemonade. I'm not an expert in crisis management...
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The Jack Frost you never knew…Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost.He's a strange man. Very short, very fat. And he likes his room cold. Some say inhumanly cold.Mr. Frost's love for Christmas is over-the-top and slightly psychotic. He's made billions of dollars off the holiday and, according to Mr. Frost, a holiday he invented. Rumor is he's an elven, but that's silly. Elven aren't real. And if they were, they wouldn't be in South...
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The evolution of a vampire.Drayton doesn't know what he is. Or why he has lived for thousands of years. He takes not his victim's blood but the silky essence of their soul during their last breath. Often mistaken for the Angel of Death, his victims sometimes ask for forgiveness. Sometimes he delivers. After all, he is not without sin.INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORDid you ever think you'd write about vampires?Nope. Drayton came out of nowhere when I was...
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Christmas is hot.When Kandi's dad gets a mysterious call, they fly to a tropical island where the buildings are enormous and the rooms empty. Despite the heat, his sunburned client wears a heavy cloak.Kandi meets a boy living all alone in one of the empty resorts. When he goes missing, she enlists the help of the technological wonders that haunt the island to find him. What she uncovers is a much deeper mystery that will affect more than just Christmas....
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The Paladin Nation is rebuilding. Socket Greeny is leading them into a new era of compassion and understanding. But when Pike returns, Socket discovers nothing is what he expected, that his life has been planned from the beginning. He is faced with ultimate betrayal. In the end, he won't be asked to save the world. It'll be the entire universe.INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORWhen did you start writing?My first effort started with Socket Greeny. It was a...
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When kids awake on an island, they're told there was an accident. Before they can go home, they will visit Foreverland, an alternate reality that will heal their minds.Reed dreams of a girl that tells him to resist Foreverland. He doesn't remember her name, but knows he once loved her. He'll have to endure great suffering and trust his dream. And trust he's not insane.Danny Boy, the new arrival, meets Reed's dream girl inside Foreverland. She's stuck...